Scalpel Update

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Few more weeks have gone by and I am starting to see the finish line. Both shells have all internal work done and we bagged the decks on last week. At this stage they are 7.9kg with wing mounts and nosecone still to go on. I think around 10kg will be a realistic painted weight which is just awesome with the amount of framing in there. I am not sure what Mach 2 hulls weigh? Anybody weighed theirs? My last Zero was 10kg, I think the McConaghy Bladerider’s are closer to 11+.

Marty also made a wing jig that proved quite handy with wing geometry set up. I think this is probably the trickiest part of the boat to get right. There are not too many reference points to measure off, however contrary to some beliefs out there the computer model can be quite handy here. We basically know what number we want to get to and just need to replicate that.

I have included a few photos below of my hull after decking with nosecone plug trimed to size. It’s had a bit of a hard life, however the mould itself has turned out nice.